Lies, damn lies, and the GFC

Labour mobility in the PACER Plus

Since the commencement of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus negotiations in 2009, the Pacific Forum Island Countries have maintained...

United States–China trade: President Trump's misunderstandings

President Trump’s analysis of the persistent United States–China trade imbalance reveals fundamental misunderstandings of basic economics. During the 2016...

The Internet, cross-border data flows and international trade

The Internet and the free flow of data across borders is becoming a key platform for international trade. Digital products can be sold online and the...

APEC and the battle of the free trade agreements

The race between the USA and China to dominate trade.

Writing a new Australian story

Ken Henry's landmark speech for ANU Public Policy Week.

Economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific and the global trading system

The global trading system has underpinned huge growth in trade and the integration of economies that have signed on to it, whether they are political...

In the national interest

Bringing foreign investment decisions out of the shadows.

International institutions and the rise of Asia

This article applies a game-theoretical analysis of institutions to the international institutional architecture, of which the G20 is treated as a central...